It helped me in my mind sort of take that step that I was otherwise just a little too hesitant to take in my freshman year.

当初这让我下定决心,虽然当时我还有点犹豫不决,那是在我上大一的时候。

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Iser's understanding of gapping the spark plug is a much more bold affirmative of the imaginative powers of the reader, a much more bold process than the hesitant conservative process suggested by Gadamer.

伊瑟尔火花塞间隙的见解,更加肯定读者的能力，比葛达玛倡导的保守程序,更加大胆。

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